Today, Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a military plan to invade Rafah.

A statement issued by his office stated that in addition to this, the Israeli army is preparing to evacuate residents and displaced people from Rafah.

Meanwhile, the Israeli war cabinet meeting, which discussed the proposal presented by Hamas, ended yesterday regarding the exchange of prisoners and hostages.

Netanyahu described Hamas's demands as "unrealistic."

The statement added that an Israeli delegation will go to Qatar to conduct negotiations on a prisoner exchange deal and a ceasefire, and that the delegation will present Israel’s position.

After the end of the war cabinet meeting, a meeting will be held for the mini-ministerial council for political and security affairs (the expanded cabinet), which will discuss the Israeli position that the Israeli delegation will bring to the negotiations in Qatar.

Hamas's proposal includes a first phase for the release of Israeli hostages, including women, children, the elderly and the sick, in exchange for the release of between 700 and 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, Reuters reported today.

The proposal includes the release of 100 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli prisons, and the release of Israeli female soldiers.

Hamas said it would agree to a date for a permanent ceasefire after the initial exchange of hostages and prisoners, according to the proposal, and that a final date would be agreed upon for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza after the first phase.

Hamas said that all detainees on both sides will be released in a second phase of the plan.

Agence France-Presse quoted a Hamas official as saying, “We propose a 6-week truce in Gaza and the exchange of hostages and detainees in stages.”